Bystander's photo leads Hingham police to thieves

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May 11, 2014 at 4:01 PMMay 11, 2014 at 9:24 PM

A Weymouth man and East Falmouth woman are facing breaking and entering and larceny charges after a bystander who thought the two were acting suspiciously took a photograph of the car they were in, helping police track them down.

Jessica Trufant The Patriot Ledger @JTrufant_Ledger

HINGHAM -- A Weymouth man and East Falmouth woman are facing breaking and entering and larceny charges after a bystander who thought the two were acting suspiciously took a photograph of the car they were in, helping police track them down.

Joseph Timothy Driscoll, 34, of ,16A Garafolo Drive, Weymouth, was charged with breaking and entering in the daytime for a felony, larceny of more than $250 and wanton destruction of property worth more than $250. Driscoll was wanted on four default warrants out of Quincy, Hingham and Dorchester District Courts.

Jacquelyn Powers, 26, of 77 Redlands Road, E. Falmouth, was charged with breaking and entering in the daytime for a felony, larceny of more than $250, wanton destruction of property worth more than $250 and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Police were called to the entrance Bare Cove Park on Beal Street at 1:40 p.m. Wednesday for a report that a car had just been broken into.

The caller told police she noticed a woman standing beside the passenger side window of a car. Moments later, she allegedly heard the sound of shattering glass and then saw another car with a man and woman an inside speed off. The woman was able to take a photo of the car with her iPhone.

Officers checked on the car that was broken into, a 2009 Subaru Outback, and saw the passenger window was shattered, the center console opened and it appeared to have been rummaged through.

The car owner, a 69-year-old Cambridge man, confirmed that an iPod was missing from his center console, along with a rear-view back-up camera that was attached to his dashboard.

Officers were able to read the license plate of the car in the photo taken by the witness, and Driscoll and Powers were located and arrested shortly after.

Police said they found several syringes and cotton swabs, items commonly found with heroin use, inside Powers’ purse, but no heroin was found. The two stolen items were not found in the car.

Driscoll was held overnight at the Plymouth County House of Correction. He was arraigned at Hingham District Court on May 8 and is due to return to court May 27. Powers was released from the police station that night on personal recognizance to be arraigned on May 8. She did not appear for her arraignment and police issued an arrest warrant for her.